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Review: Radio City Revels (1938)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 9th 2014

Aspiring songwriter Harry Miller (Jack Oakie) is long on ambition…and short on talent. With his piano-playing partner Tedd

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 15th 2014

The man born Hans Georg Conried, Jr. on this date in 1917 in Baltimore, Maryland is described by author Leonard Maltin in h

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 10th 2014

Effervescent chanteuse Sally Baker (Frances Langford) is a success at a nightclub owned by racketeer Lucky Maddox (Sheldon

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 20th 2014

He’s acknowledged by many to have been one of the finest straight men in comedy—if not the finest. This, however, does Geo

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 27th 2013

When radio actress Cathy Lewis—born on this date in Spokane, Washington in 1916—married actor-director-producer Elliott Lew

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 10th 2013

The woman born on this date in 1914 is best remembered by moviegoers as someone who made something as simple as a sarong lo